POPULATION DYNAMICS IN ASIA AND PACIFIC

THE CENTER WILL INSTITUTE PROGRAMS OF RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIRTY COUNTRIES AND ELEVEN TERRITORIES. GRADUATE DEGRESS TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WILL BE OFFERED TO ASIAN STUDENTS, GOVERNMENT LEADERS, AND POPULATION EXPERTS. EWCPI SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS WILL INCLUDE GENERAL POPULATION POLICY DISCUSSIONS FOR LDC DECISION-MAKERS. ALSO, ANALYSES AND INTERPRETATIVE REPORTS ON POPULATION DYNAMICS WILL BE PREPARED FOR SELECTED GROUPS OF DECISION-MAKERS. SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AN INTERCENSAL POPULATION STUDY IN INDONESIA; A SURVEY REPORT ON 1968 AND 1973 NATIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS IN THE PHILIPPINES; AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES IN MALAYSIA, PAKISTAN, THE PHILIPPINES, AND THAILAND. EFFORTS TO DEVELOP AND REFINE TECHNIQUES IN ESTIMATING FERTILITY AND MORTALITY WILL BE CONTINUED BY THE EWCPI. EWCPI WORKSHOPS WILL FOCUS ON THE "OWN CHILDREN" METHOD OF FERTILITY ESTIMATION, INCOMPLETE DATA METHODS, AND EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF VITAL REGISTRATION SYSTEMS. THE "OWN CHILDREN" METHOD WILL BE USED IN PAKISTAN AND THE PHILIPPINES, AND SMALL AREA ANALYSIS WILL BE APPLIED IN THE STUDY OF KOREA"S NATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAM. ALSO, STUDIES WILL BE CONDUCTED IN A NUMBER OF LDC"S TO DETERMINE THE CAUSES OF DIFFERENTIAL FERTILITY. EWCPI PLANS TO PUBLISH A QUARTERLY DEMOGRAPHIC JOURNAL AND A PACIFIC CENSUS NEWSLETTER. POPULATION TEXTS AND MANUALS WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR UNIVERSITY-LEVEL INSTRUCTION, INCLUDING MATERIALS IN ASIAN LANGUAGES. OTHER EWCPI RESEARCH WILL INCLUDE PSYCHOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIOLOGICAL, ANTHROPOLOGICAL, AND MANAGEMENT-RELATED STUDIES IN SUPPORT OF FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS